Salah, Neymar, Messi, messy, messy: World Cup stars stifled
Football | June 22, 2018 11:18 ISTAside from Cristiano Ronaldo, who has all four of Portugal's goals in its two games, many of the biggest names are off to a shaky start.
Aside from Cristiano Ronaldo, who has all four of Portugal's goals in its two games, many of the biggest names are off to a shaky start.
Egypt's run to the World Cup, and the sensational exploits of Mohamed Salah in both the shirt of the national team and Liverpool, raised the level of soccer madness back at home recently.
Russia will be high on confidence after hammering Saudi Arabia 5-0 in their opening game in Moscow on Thursday, June 14.
Salah, the Premier League's player of the season, is recovering from injuring his shoulder while playing for Liverpool in last month's Champions League final.
Now Egypt can unleash Salah on Russia's lesser-regarded defense in St. Petersburg, and it could be an eye-opener for some people.
Salah injured his left shoulder in the Champions League final last month, putting his World Cup in doubt. He was an unused substitute in Egypt's 1-0 loss to Uruguay.
It was tough luck for Egypt in the first match of the group stage against Uruguay as the Mohamed Salah-less team couldn't find a decent target on goal and late winner by Gimenez sealed their fate.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is expected to recover from a shoulder injury he sustained in the Champions League final in time to play at least some part of Egypt's World Cup campaign.
Mohamed Salah, the Premier League's top scorer, almost singlehandedly led Egypt to their first World Cup since 1990.
Egypt have been a dominant force in African football throughout the years, but an entire generation of Egyptians were deprived of seeing the national team compete on the biggest stage.
The Liverpool forward was injured in the first half of Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid and left the field in tears.
Salah was hacked down by Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos in the first half of the Champions League final in Kiev. He left the ground in tears as Liverpool lost 1-3.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was hurt when he tangled with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and had to go off in the 30th minute.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah left the field in tears at 0-0 in the 30th minute, unable to continue due to the pains in his left shoulder. Ramos held on to Salah's right arm and helped pull him in a hard fall to the ground.
While Madrid and Liverpool are contesting the biggest prize in club football, they were far off the pace in their home leagues.
Salah's collection of trophies is growing, with him also having been voted player of the year by his fellow professionals and England's football writers.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is likely to stay at the club despite interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid after a record breaking goalscoring season.
In the latest virtuoso performance of his stunning first season at Liverpool, Salah produced two world-class finishes in the first-half then set up further goals for Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino to help his team into a scarcely believable five-goal lead in the Champions League semifinals.
The former Chelsea player has scored 41 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool — enabling him to beat Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in second place to the PFA award.
Liverpool weathered a "whirlwind" start from City to win 2-1 in the second leg of their breathless quarterfinal and advance 5-1 on aggregate on Tuesday.
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